page_title: Losang Thonden
section_title: 1992–2018: Emigration to the United States and Hollywood appearances
hierarchical_section_title: Losang Thonden / Life and career / 1992–2018: Emigration to the United States and Hollywood appearances
caption_attribution_description: English: Losang Thonden with International superstar Brad Pitt on the set of Seven Years in Tibet.
context_page_description: Losang Thonden was a Tibetan Government official, scholar, calligrapher, author, and actor.
context_section_description: In 1992, he immigrated to the United States, and lived in Seattle, Washington, with his wife Dekyi Thonden Gyalkhang (her family was also known as Bhanashol Gyalkhang in Lhasa, Tibet.) Mrs. Dekyi Thonden is a Tibetan celebrity chef and former Deputy Secretary of Finance Department for the Tibetan Government in Exile. She has been featured in The Seattle Times, Seattle KOMO-TV, Macy's Seattle Festival, local food blogs, local TV shows, and on Food Network: United Tastes of America with television personality chef Jeffry Saad.
  As Thonden was exploring new creative avenues, he was introduced to Hollywood in 1995. He was cast in Jean Jack Annaud's Seven Years in Tibet and recently starred as a principal cast in the 20th Century Fox production The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with international superstar Actor and Director Ben Stiller.
  He appeared in the documentary film Ten Yaks and Twenty Horns. He has also acted in a few short films directed by his son Rabyoung Thonden Gyalkhang.
caption: Thonden with actor Brad Pitt on the set of Seven Years In Tibet in Argentina, 1997
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